Where to mount a fire extinguisher on U55-4 Kubota?

[Allan M]

Has anyone found a good place to mount a fire extinguisher on a U55 excavator? Not much room to do so. I live in a high fire danger area and the diesel regeneration that periodically occurs has got me concerned. I'd better have an extinguisher with me in case of an emergency anyway. Thoughts appreciated.

 

[heymccall]

Haven't tried these, but...

 

[Allan M]

Heymccall: Great idea. Looked at a couple of YouTube demos of this extinguisher product. I think it's a perfect solution. Thx a bunch. Allan

 

[Allan M]

Heymccall: See Element fire extinguisher mounted inside cab to right of seat on vertical molding (note: purchased additional rubber quick release mounting bracket to hold it securely). It takes up virtually no room. Perfect solution. Thx. Allan

 

[HALSJCB]

I mounted my extinguisher in the corner of the door so that it was accessible after I had exited the machine. Seems to be out of the way and has been no problem so far.

 

[Allan M]

HALSJCB: Very clever. You may have found the only good location for a regular sized extinguisher. It baffles me a bit that these rigs don't come with a mounted fire extinguisher and supplemental tool box area. Nice job.

 

[JD955SC]

Well our renters love to use self tapping screws to mount a fire extinguisher bracket right under the “no drill/no weld” sticker on the ROPS/FOPS structure thus trashing a $20,000 cab so that seems to be the ideal location.